Rick knows it's a mistake, letting Merle into the prison. He knows it can only end badly, put the group at risk, put 'em on edge. He's doing his level best to keep both to a minimum, but it's a losing battle. And that ain't even his biggest concern doing this. It's Daryl. Daryl angst, Protective!Rick, Spoilers for Home to This Sorrowful Life. Part 2 of This...Thing series. Rickyl

Before Champions and Warriors, they were but children - children with lessons to learn and mistakes to make. But no matter the challenge, no matter the danger, their most pivotal moments were faced as family - as siblings who grew up fighting side by side. The eldest, a jester. The youngest, an underdog. And in the middle of it all is the child who only wants peace. /MageGarrett

If he believed in ghosts, he might have said his friend was haunting him. She was in all the silent places, in the blackness, in the alertness that stole his sleep. Spoilers through 6x20, Hanley Waters. Slash, Reid/Hotch established. Reid POV.

Luke's parents unexpectedly drop Luke off for the winter vacation, expecting Layton to take care of him over Christmas. Will Luke cheer up? Will the professor manage to bring hope back to the abandoned boy?

What is it that Louie always wears around his neck? Danny's ghost crawls back into his memory, the way it does every night - but this time there's someone else there to see. Mild Louie/Danny, even milder Kyle/Louie.